General 11/5/2020 9:48:00 AM Jeff Sargeant (UBC Communications)

Record high number of T-Birds honoured as Academic All-Canadians

VANCOUVER – A record 197 UBC Thunderbird student-athletes were recognized Thursday morning at the annual All-Canadian Breakfast.

Held virtually for the first time, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this remarkable group of honourees came together online to celebrate their achievements, while also joined by faculty representatives, coaches, staff, and alumni.

UBC President & Vice-Chancellor, Professor Santa J. Ono, also addressed these outstanding student-athletes who serve as true role models for their successes in the classroom and their respective sport.

Each of the 197 Academic All-Canadians had achieved a minimum academic standing of 80% during the 2019-20 school year.

Academic All-Canadians have been recognized by U SPORTS since 1988. 17 years ago, UBC began applying that standard to all varsity athletes and the annual All-Canadian breakfast has been held ever since.

Santa Ono at 2020 AAC Breakfast, Nov. 5, 2020 — *UBC President & Vice-Chancellor, Professor Santa J. Ono, speaking at the 2020 virtual Academic All-Canadian Breakfast*

BASEBALL

Brett Corbeth
Brandon Hupe
Shane Laforest
Ty Penner
Cameron Sanderson
Nathan Shute
Lucas Soper
Jaxon Valcke

Congratulations to our 7 current or former @ubctbirds athletes recognized as Academic All-Canadians. An outstanding achievement! Thanks to all who organized this virtual celebration and to the faculties for their support of our athletes! @UBCKin @UBC_Arts @ubcscience @ubcprez pic.twitter.com/oYGITEhFkY
— UBC Women's Bball (@UBCWBBall) November 5, 2020

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Jessica Hanson
Kate Johnson
Isabelle Khalifa
Madison Legault
Krysten Lindquist
Dayna Pearce
Maddison Penn

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD

Thomas Broatch
Tanner Carnegie
Cole Dinsdale
Tyler Dozzi
Liam Dwyer
Paul Fisher
Tanner Geary
Rowan Hamilton
Jake Hanna
Alger Liang
Kieran Lumb
Alex Pescitelli
Conner Pierce
Spencer Pratt
Will Riley
Isaac Sandri
Erik Thies
Adam Vilio
Sebastian Yep
Saif Zaman

Spending the top of the morning virtually with outstanding and accomplished @ubctbirds athletes who have achieved excellence in the classroom and on the field/ice/track etc! Congratulations to all of our Academic All-Canadians! ?? #GoBirdsGo
— Liz King (@lizzie_king) November 5, 2020

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD

Holly Bachman
Kyla Becker
Heather Betz
Rebecca Dutchak
Audrey Fox
Jamie Hennessey
Madelyn Huston
Sienna Lalonde
Naomi Lang
Joean Lu
Katherine Lucas
Sarah MacArthur
Hayley Madden
Sarah Oancia
Maddy Rivelis
Arielle Sadaka
Cayla Smith
Jasmine Soltys
Nicola Symonds
Mikayla Tinkham
Tegan Wilson

Rajan Kahlon vs. United Brothers, Oct. 1, 2016 — *Rajanbir Kahlon*

MEN'S FIELD HOCKEY

Kyle Bishop
Fin Boothroyd
Sam Cabral
Nick Hackwell
Thomson Harris
Rajan Kahlon
Sahib Singh Suri

WOMEN'S FIELD HOCKEY

Ava Aminbakhsh
Niki Best
Kaileigh Chow
Kaitlin Chow
Hannah Eborall
Jordyn Faiczak
Josianne Haag
Natalie Hope
Margaret Pham
Thora Rae
Alix Vanry
Miranda Yee

#TBirdNation .. in the end this is what it's about .. congrats to the "Prez", coaches / department staff & all the @ubctbirds athletes honoured at this morning's Academic All Canadian breakfast (eight from football) .. pic.twitter.com/ho2hcUs627
— Blake Nill (@CoachNill) November 5, 2020

FOOTBALL

Diego Alatorre
Daniel Appiah
Theo Benedet
James Ens
Kieran Janes
Payton LaGrange
Bashiru Sise-Odaa
Ryan Smith

Congrats to all @UBC 2020 Academic All-Canadians and thanks to @PrezOno and @WYipJD and @KavinderToor for your important words. Playing a varsity sport and being above 80% is truly inspiring ?? Kate, Shania and Ranen I owe you a real breakfast?? Go T-Birds!! pic.twitter.com/FTZJtXZBLs
— UBC Varsity Golf (@varsitytbirds) November 5, 2020

MEN'S GOLF

Ranen Oomen-Danckert

WOMEN'S GOLF

Kate Johnston
Shania Remandaban

MEN'S HOCKEY

Brett Clayton
Patrick Dea
Quentin Greenwood
James Orban
Carter Popoff
Jonathan Smart
Jerret Smith

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We always bring our A-game. ?? So proud of our student-athlete's commitment to excellence on the ice and in the classroom. Congratulations to our 9 Academic All-Canadians and to the team for accumulating a 77.6 team GPA! ????

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY

Tiffany Chiu
Jaedon Cooke
Mathea Fischer
Emma Hall
Karlee Mazor
Ashley McFadden
Sydney Neustaeter
Mikayla Ogrodniczuk
Kenzie Robinson
Danielle Wierenga

MEN'S ROWING

Ryan Beach
Julian Black
Ethan Enns
Hugh Graham
Zach Labrie
Thomas Lynch
Max Nadeau
Henry O'Brien La Prairie
Davey Ross
Quinten Schmidt
Quinn Storey
Sean van Gessel
Patricia Ye
Karl Zimmermann

Julia Lindsay - lightweight single - 2019 Canadian University Rowing Championships (CURC) — *Julia Lindsay*

WOMEN'S ROWING

Claire Armstrong
Michaela Ashlee
Alex Birkenshaw
Paula Cameron
Lucy Chambers
Katie Clark
Emily Dart
Jordan Fahey
Anna Freeman
Allison Goodwin-Wilson
Caitlin Greber
Grace Hardwicke-Brown
Renee LaFreniere
Mary Law
Caitlin Lawrence
Julia Lindsay
Julia Tancon
Madeline Wang
Michelle Wesolowski

MEN'S RUGBY

Daniel Archer
Donald Carson
Liam Doll
Evan Norris
Tyler Nylander
Conor Sinclair
Harrison Smith
Michael Smith
John Tolton
Joshua Tweed
Bryce Worden

Rachel Smith vs. Alberta, Sept. 22, 2019 — *Rachel Smith*

WOMEN'S RUGBY

Breanna Aikens
Jordan McLeod
Rachel Smith

MEN'S SOCCER

Dallin Akune
Sean Einarsson
Sam Fletcher
Nick Fussell
Tariq Gareau
Riley Pang
Kerman Pannu

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A big shout to to our 10 Academic All Canadians from the 2019/20 season! Thank you to all the faculties for your support with giving us the ability to play and compete for the @ubctbirds and obtaining a world class degree from @universityofbc @ubc_arts @ubcscience @ubcsauderschool @ubckin #GoBirdsGo Thank you to the amazing leadership @ubcprez for all you do support athletics and inspire us to be leaders on and off the field #futureisbright

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